Connecting People

Sprinter's Stretch

I noticed 

that your eyebrows remained parallel

when I told you in splinters 

about

my incomplete left foot

my habit

and my sad father 

It's a sprinter's stretch

But maybe that's why I go places

and hope you're there too.

I'm checking myself

because

in honesty

I've written so many poems

for cruise ship captains grey-necks and ACT proctors

And we met in line at an airport 

and I had suitcases strapped to my back

and You were late for a wedding

I apologized for stepping on your foot

You had no idea what I was talking about